October Fest

Chapter 61 (cont'd)
"Bundesliga, Mother," said the young glazier.
"Darling, 'Bundesliga' means 'Federal League' or nation-wide league. Its' name suggests cross-border acceptance, in my opinion."
"Your favorites again?" Simmy asked.
"They're always getting injured, my favorites," he grumbled.
"Well, Ballack is still Captain, isn't he? Obviously, the league feels that world-class brawn must have some world-class brain behind it or they wouldn't give him that post."
"I liked Ballack and Klose," the glazier commented.
"Liked? Past tense? Come on! Klose the carpenter. Some of the things I've read about him, make him a 'big picture' kind of man. He wants to be called a European. He was quoted saying, 'I am more interested in what we do as a team.'"
"Yah, yah," the glazier mumbled picking up his caulking gun.
"I have a great idea," Simmy jangled. "Let's see if we can out-do the 19 day Oktoberfest at our house this year."
"Can we have beer?" Young glazier cheered right up.
"I have only recently understood my aversion to beer versus wine."
"Don't make that into a university lecture, Mom."
Simmy ignored that comment and continued, "I don't like that yeast smell- taste."
"Is that a new word? Smell-taste?" The glazier mocked.
"It messes up my head and I don't know if I should swallow or chew."
"You're weird, Mom. I don't know anybody who thinks like you do."
"Yah, yah, I know," Simmy waved the statement off like chaff in the wind. "I found this equation enlightening from Professor Paul Mangelsdorf of Harvard."
"1. Cereal + Heat= production of popped or parched cereals, Popcorn!
2. Cereal + Heat + Water= production of gruel or porridge, Grandpa's breakfast,
3. Cereal + Heat (and/or grinding) + Water + Heat= production of unleavened bread, crackers, yum or communion wafers,
4. Cereal + Heat (and/or grinding) + Water + Yeast + Heat= production of leavened bread, what your Dad has made peanut butter sandwiches out of for 30 years,
5. Cereal + Water (+ Sprouting) + Drying + Grinding + Water + Yeast= Production of Beer, a beverage you find tasty...
When I put it like that it almost sounds holy, just add this movie."
"Like I said, you think differently than most people, Mom."
"Don't mess up that caulking. If there's one thing I hate, it's a messy caulking job."
"My boss was hired expressly to fix up an awful job someone else had done because they just put new caulking on top of old."
"Never works to cut corners like that. It always shows."